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Tobacco mosaic virus has rna rather than dna as its genetic material. in a hypothetical situation where rna from a tobacco mosaic virus is mixed with proteins from a related dna virus, the result could be a hybrid virus. if that virus were to infect a cell and reproduce, what would the resulting "offspring" viruses be like?

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The  virus  is  likely  to  be  a  Tobacco  mosaic  virus.The  tobacco  mosaic  virus  is  a  positive  sense  single  stranded RNA  virus  that  affect a  wide range   of  plant  especially  tobacco and  other  member  of  solanaceae family.The  infected  plant  shows  characteristic  such  as discoloration  of  the  leaves